March 29th and 30th 2014 will see the International Wine Tourism Conference (IWINETC) bring together a unique blend of wine industry professionals from around the world in the 5* star venue Tbilisi Marriot. The event, organized by Wine Pleasures is an interactive and...
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Wine Trail Traveler’s Impressions of Georgia (Sakartvelo)
Georgia stands at a precipice for potential wine tourism, on par with Napa, Bordeaux and Toscana. Terry and Kathy have journeyed to, explored and written about over 1,000 wineries and vineyards in North America, Europe and Oceania. As our wine travel experiences...
Discovering Georgia’s Kakheti Wine Region
Georgia’s easternmost region of Kakheti is a land of hospitable, openhearted and straightforward people who live surrounded by rugged mountains, ancient castles, magnificent churches, and drink wine to praise the almighty for each harvest of their nurtured grape...
Rutas del Vino de España Report Wine Tourism Figures 2012
Rutas del Vino España have just published wine tourism figures for 2012. The Wine routes with the greatest number of visits were the Ruta del Vino y el Cava del Penedès Enoturisme Penedès (with 479.499 visits) and the Ruta del Vino and the Brandy from Jerez (with...
Discover Qvevri Tradition in Georgia’s Kakheti Wine Region
Georgia’s easternmost region of Kakheti is a land of hospitable, open hearted and straightforward people who live surrounded by rugged mountains, ancient castles, magnificent churches, and drink wine to praise the almighty for each harvest of their nurtured grape...
Screaming deal for Wine & Travel Bloggers to attend IWINETC Georgia announced!
The 2014 International Wine Tourism Conference will take place March 28 - 29 in Tbilisi, Georgia. Up to 300 wine, culinary and travel professionals and wine and travel social and traditional media professionals will gather from throughout the world to meet, learn, and...
The Great Georgian Feast (Supra)
Supra (literally meaning table-cloth) is very much alive and is found on a daily basis in cities as in villages. Spread out before you, you will find a superb range of meats, cheeses, vegetables more often than not organically produced, and often at high altitude amid...
Tbilisi Marriott Hotel venue for IWINETC 2014 Georgia
We are pleased to announce that the Tbilisi Marriott Hotel will be the venue for the International Wine Tourism Conference (28 - 29 March) and Wine Tourism Workshop (30 March) 2014. As with past conference venues there are plenty of stories to discover! During 100...
Wines of Georgia Tasting
Wines of Georgia concluded the 2 days of the 2013 International Wine Tourism Conference. It was to be expected that Georgia’s two most important grape varieties, the white Rkatsiteli and the red Saperavi, would be presented, together with a wine vinified in the...









